"Chief Commander" Ebenezer Obey (born in 1942 in Idogo) is a Nigerian popular musician, a contemporary and rival of some of the country's biggest stars, including King Sunny Ade and Fela Kuti. He began his professional career in the mid-1950s, after moving to Lagos. He formed a band called "The International Brothers" in 1964. They played a kind of highlife-juju fusion that caught on after their first hit, "Ewa Wowun Ojumi Ri". Obey began experimenting with Yoruba percussion style and expanding on the band by adding more drum kits, guitars and talking drums. This article is about the year. ... King Sunny Ade King Sunny Adé (Sunday Adeniyi, born 1946) is by far the most popular performer of Nigerian juju music. ... Fela Anikulapo Kuti (b. ... // Events and trends This map shows two essential global spheres during the Cold War in 1959. ... Map of Nigeria showing Lagos on the lower left Lagos is the largest city in Nigeria. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... Highlife is a musical genre that originated in Ghana and Sierra Leone in the 1920s and spread to other West African countries. ... Juju can refer to A juju is an object superstitiously believed to embody magical powers (sometimes used as a fetish, a charm, or an amulet in West Africa). ... The Yoruba (native name Yorùbá) are the largest single ethnic group in Nigeria. ... Percussion instruments are music instruments played by being struck, shaken, rubbed or scraped, hence the percussive name. ...

Partial Discography

• Mo Tun Gbe De: 1973
• Operation Feed The Nation: 1976
• Adam and Eve: 1977
• Current Affairs: 1980
• Je Ka Jo: 1983